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Brent Strom (pitching coach) and
Troy Snitker (hitting coach). Miller, who had served as bullpen coach in 2019-20, now has the title of pitching coach.
Murphy spent the last five seasons as a pitching coach and coordinator in the Astros minor league system. In that span, he worked with several pitchers now on the Major League roster, including Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier and Brandon Bielak. Most recently, Murphy was the organization’s pitching coordinator for the 2019-20 seasons. As a result of the pandemic, Murphy spent the 2020 season working with pitchers at the Astros alternate training sites and then worked with the Instructional Camp in Florida in October. Prior to his coordinator role, he spent the previous three seasons as pitching coach for Rookie Level Greeneville (2016), Class A Short Season Tri-City (2017) and Double A Corpus Christi (2018), respectively.
Astros add Firova, Murphy to coaching staff; Speier retires
January 28, 2021 GMT
HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Astros have added quality control coach Dan Firova and assistant pitching coach Bill Murphy to their staff under manager Dusty Baker.
Firova takes over for the 70-year-old Chris Speier, who is retiring after a 19-year playing career followed by a coaching career that spanned two decades.
The rest of Baker’s staff will remain intact from his first season in Houston. Baker took over in the wake of the firing of AJ Hinch after he was suspended for a year for his role in the team’s sign-stealing scandal.